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AbeBooks Seller since 18 May 2007
A scarce copy of this strikingly illustrated volume on the theory and practice of painting landscapes in water colour, with coloured plates. A scarce work.A later edition, originally published in 1855.In the publisher's original blue cloth binding, with a gilt to fore edge.Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, 24 striking coloured plates, and in text woodcuts throughout. Collated, lacking plate to p.235.A helpful guide to the water colour painting of landscapes, by George Barnard, a British Illustrator and lithographer, anda pupil of artist James Duffield Harding.Including sections on 'Nature of Colours', 'Materials', 'On Elemental Practice', and 'Practice in Colours'. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Light rubbing to joints, with the odd mark to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Lacking one plate. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 1007G20
Title: The Theory and Practice of Landscape ...
Publisher: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, London
Publication Date: 1861
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: Not Stated
Condition: Very Good
Book Type: book